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Can microcomputers help the problem drinker?
Author(s) -
ELTRINGHAM ANDREW,
BARBER JAMES G.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239000185221
Subject(s) - microcomputer , psychological intervention , addiction , field (mathematics) , psychology , computer science , medical emergency , psychiatry , medicine , telecommunications , chip , mathematics , pure mathematics
The evidence in favour of brief interventions and self‐help materials for problem drinkers raises the possibility that microcomputer programmes can provide an effective and inexpensive treatment option in the addictions field. This paper reports on a controlled drinking computer programme currently in operation with drink driving offenders.